Help me determine the sex of my Blue-Tongued skink, everyone?
Help me determine the sex of my Blue-Tongued skink, everyone?
Please look here: http://www.bluetongueskinks.net/
Then look at the pictures of Buddha below. What do you think he is?
NOW:
http://theassassinscreed.deviantart.com/art/Buddha-01-103289137
http://theassassinscreed.deviantart.com/art/Buddha-02-103289491
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff105/xAssassinsCreed/DSC01042.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff105/xAssassinsCreed/DSC01035.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff105/xAssassinsCreed/DSC01034.jpg
YOUNGER:
http://fc69.deviantart.com/fs37/f/2008/250/4/9/Nom_Nom_by_TheAssassinsCreed.png
BABY:
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff105/xAssassinsCreed/BuddhaFatty3.png
In the top left corner where you see welcome, go to the caresheet, then go to “determine gender.”
There is no way to visually sex a blue tongue skink, despite what anyone tries to tell you. I have a friend who is a large scale breeder and he places two together to sex them. Two females ignore each other, two males become aggressive and try to fight, and a male and female pairing results in the male biting the female on the back of the neck and attempting to mate. People will try to tell you things like head size, tail shape, or other things, but these are not at all accurate. Blue tongue skinks are probably the hardest lizard to sex. I have had blue tongues myself for years. Checkout the following link for more info:
http://www.bluetongueskinks.net
Here’s an excerpt from the previous link on sexing blue tongues. Basically the same thing I said:
“Unsure of sex?
If you’re unsure of your animal’s genders, carefully place them together and observe. Your female will likely start wagging her tail like a whip in a frantic motion, or even ever so slightly. Your male will likely freeze, and stare. He will then take two or three short steps, then bolt towards her biting onto the neck. Even if you do have a male and female, there is always the possibility that they might not do anything, so be patient and be sure to keep trying. Be sure your animals are at least over a year old; the female preferably should be two years or older. If you combine two males, they will likely act very aggressive toward each other; more so if they have an aggressive personality. Two combined females would likely result in absolutely nothing unless you had fairly aggressive natured females. We go into great detail about this in the below sections on determining sex.”
They also mention that head size means nothing, even though many people claim that’s how to sex blue tongues. Go to the care sheet at bluetongueskinks.net for plenty of good info on sexing. They say looking for sperm plugs, or the pairing methods I described are about the only accurate ways to tell gender. Looking for seminal plugs in its waste is going to be your best method and is easy to do after looking at the pictures on the website. Good luck!
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